(11/04/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Michael Ray Charles, 38, a former unpaid, volunteer, assistant volleyball coach at Phelps High School in Phelps, Kentucky has reportedly been arrested on allegations of sexual contact with a 15 year old girl.

Charles has reportedly been charged with sodomy.

The alleged incident is said to have occurred when Charles went to camp with the team at the University of Kentucky in July.

Reportedly, Charles came to the attention of school officials when the new school year started and when the allegations surfaced the school superintendent dismissed him immediately.

Investigators say Charles allegedly spent a night in the UK dorm room with four teenage girls and had sexual contact with one of them. It is further alleged that Charles admitted during questioning to some of the allegations.

Charles made an initial appearance in court this morning and his case was passed to the grand jury.

Reportedly, Charles is free on bond.

Roberta Walter, 61, known in the 1970’s and 1980’s as Roberta Blackwell, a former art teacher at Beaumont Junior High School in Fayette County, Kentucky has been arrested in Nashville, Tennessee and charged with third-degree sodomy of a then 15-year-old girl and third-degree rape of a then 15-year-old male student.

The alleged sexual abuse began in the late 1970’s when Blackwell was a teacher at Beaumont Junior High School and the alleged victim, a student there, was babysitting for Blackwell.

Also charged in the case is former science teacher Jack Russell Hubbard who was arrested in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and is charged with third-degree rape and four counts of first-degree sodomy. The rape charges against Hubbard allege the rape of the 15-year-old female victim. The sodomy charges stem from alleged sexual abuse of Thomas “Beau” Goodman who told police he was sodomized by Hubbard 30 times between ages 14 and 15.

The female victim’s name is Carol Lynne Maner and she came forward with her accusations in August 2003 and has accused the school district of concealing evidence of a clear pattern of sexual abuse by four teachers, a guidance counselor and an assistant principal at Beaumont and Lafayette High School in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Carol Lynne Maner, now 44-years-old, has sued the Fayette County Board of Education saying that Roberta Blackwell and Hubbard traded her back and forth for sexual abuse.

The civil trial is currently on-going.

Thomas “Beau” Goodman has also sued the Fayette County Board of Education.

Update 7/13/07:

Roberta Walter (Blackwell) made an appearance in a Lexington, Kentucky courtroom today and entered a not guilty plea to all charges.

Update 7/27/07:

A hearing in a sex abuse case that was originally scheduled for today has been rescheduled for August 17th.

Roberta Blackwell Walter Withdraws Guilty Plea

Roberta Blackwell Walter who had previously pleaded guilty to two charges of sexual misconduct in a three-decades-old case involving a student has withdrawn that guilty plea after the judge insisted that she serve jail time even though the prosecutor recommended probation.

The original charges were reduced in exchange for her testimony against another teacher who was convicted of rape and sodomy.

References:

Former Fayette Teacher Withdraws Guilty Plea In Sex Case (10/30/09)

Delay in sex abuse case (7/27/07)

Ex-Teacher Enters Sex Abuse Plea (7/13/07)

2 ex-teachers named in lawsuit arrested (7/11/07)

Two arrested, charged in Fayette schools sex-abuse case (7/10/07)

Former teachers arrested ; sex abuse lawsuit begins (7/10/07)

Former Teachers Arrested as Sex Abuse Lawsuit Begins (7/10/07)

Former teachers arrested as sex abuse lawsuit begins (7/10/07)

Two arrested, charged in Fayette schools sex-abuse case (7/10/07)

Former Student Testifies in Sex Abuse Case against Schools (7/10/07)

View BadBadTeacher.com Coverage of Jack Russell Hubbard

(03/16/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

John “Drew” Millwood, 24, a student teacher at Calloway County High School in Murray, Kentucky has been arrested on allegations that he had sexual relations with a female student who was under the age of 18.

It is alleged that Millwood had met the girl after school and drover her to a location in the county where they had sexual intercourse.

The age of consent in Kentucky is 16, but it is illegal for a person in a position of authority such as a teacher to have sexual contact with a minor.

Millwood is charged with first-degree sexual abuse and following his arrest on Friday he was being held in the Calloway County Jail with no bond set.

The Calloway County Sheriff’s Department says Millwood attends Murray State University and was working as a student teacher at the high school.

04/15/09 – Arraignment Hearing

John “Drew” Millwood has entered a plea of not guilty to charges of sexual abuse, tampering with physical evidence, attempting to tamper with physical evidence, cultivation of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Millwood’s next court date is set for May 26th.

10/27/09 – Guilty Plea

John A. “Drew” Millwood has reportedly pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual abuse, tampering with evidence and sexual misconduct.

Reportedly, Millwood must serve 90 days either in jail or on home incarceration and prosecutors recommended a diversion agreement that would leave him without a criminal record in five years if he abides by its terms.